| 单词 | to brick over |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto brick over to brick over transitive. To cover, pave, or face (a place, surface, opening, etc.) with bricks. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > clad or cover [verb (transitive)] > clad or cover with stone or brick pin1426 brick1579 to brick over1696 ashlar1836 1696 Famous Tryal between T. Neale & Lady Ivy 51 It [sc. the Well] was bricked over, and a common Well to all People, which must make the thing very notorious. 1795 Sketch Campaign of 1793 i. iv. 11 The mines are bricked over and intersect in every direction, branching from the chamber. 1827 Amulet for 1828 89 See Hatton's Garden brick'd all o'er. 1923 Daily Mail 14 Sept. 5/6 One Marehay pit was immediately flooded and can never be reopened. It is to be bricked over. 1976 Bucks County (Pa.) Courier Times 30 June b23/5 This spring they completed two decks, flower beds and are bricking over a patio area in the back. 2011 Tamworth Herald (National ed.) (Nexis) 3 Feb. 5 We've had our windows bricked over to stop them getting smashed in. < as lemmas |
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